Latest News in Home Insurance – Aug 18, 2008
UAE insurance sector to slow down in 2009 – Business24-7
2 Aug 2009 at 8:10pm
Weak car and home sales and construction project delays and cancellations will result in slower growth in the insurance sector in 2009 compared to the past five years, said a survey. But the sector is projected to witness double-digit growth rate …
Health-care blitz begins – Raleigh News & Observer
3 Aug 2009 at 2:01am
WASHINGTON — With Republicans mobilizing against the proposed health-care overhaul, President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and leading advocacy groups are laying the groundwork for an August offensive against the insurance industry as part …
Both sides shift health care debate to Main Street – The Guardian
3 Aug 2009 at 1:25am
Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — The health care debate is heading back to Main Street, to cities and towns where people are worried about medical costs but increasingly concerned that overhauling the system may do more harm than good …
Democrats reframing insurers as obstacle – Boston Globe
2 Aug 2009 at 10:33pm
Democrats and the White House have spent much of the last year flaunting the newfound cooperation of old enemies like drug companies and the insurance industry. But now they face a new political calculus. The House left Washington on Friday afternoon …
The Insurance Hoax – Bloomberg.co.jp
2 Aug 2009 at 8:10pm
Julie Tunnell remembers standing in her debris-strewn driveway when the tall man in blue jeans approached. Her northern San Diego tudor-style home had been incinerated a week earlier in the largest wildfire in California history. The blaze in October …
House Panel Approves Sweeping Health Bill – Wall Street Journal
2 Aug 2009 at 9:58pm
WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee, voting 31-28, Friday approved legislation to overhaul the U.S. health system, ending weeks of stalemate and clearing the way for a pivotal vote in the full House this fall. The action came after …
Cities need a way to deal with blight – Charleston Daily Mail
2 Aug 2009 at 9:29pm
Cities and towns across the state face the problem of what to do about rundown properties that their owners simply abandon. The result is blight, fire danger, a reduction in property values, and breeding grounds for crime. Gov. Joe Manchin and the …
AIG Forms Special Purpose Vehicle to Advance Separation of Global … – Busi…
26 Jul 2009 at 3:11pm
NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )–American International Group, Inc. (AIG) today announced that it has formed the special purpose vehicle (SPV) into which it intends to contribute the equity of AIU Holdings (AIU Holdings, Inc. and AIU Holdings LLC …
SOS: Why won’t fence company fix cut pipe? – Wisconsin State Journal
2 Aug 2009 at 4:57pm
It seems pretty cut and … well, maybe “dried” isn’t the right word. In June, Cindy Main hired Madison-based American Fence Co. to build her a chain-link fence enclosing the back yard of her Stoughton home. It cost $2,260 and, except for a minor …
Analysis: Some health care numbers don’t tally – Town Hall
3 Aug 2009 at 12:21am
Some of President Barack Obama’s health care numbers don’t seem to add up. And that’s complicating his efforts to pass his top domestic priority. Obama could be falling into the same trap that snagged George W. Bush when he was pushing private …
